Well, as I have seen on other boards, there is a list of videos on YouTube on different subjects. Well, I have decided to start one for Quiz Bowl. Please don't post anything from questions that still have to be played this year, or the NAQT rule that is done by the website.

Here are three videos to start:

La Costa Canyon High School, California, a practice, apparently, but a mock game is done, shows the CA style of quiz bowl.

Next up is the Mega Conference show, which is done in the Detroit suburbs on local access. You could tell the difference between the two shows, as they mostly use one-two sentence questions. Here is a match between Southgate and Crestwood.

Here is a gem. TV quiz bowl was done in the New Orleans area for decades, and this example is from 1986. Northshore (Slidell) meets L.W. Higgins (Marrero) in a match. Look at all the big 80's hair styles. Dan Milham (who still does weather in New Orleans) hosts. There is a show from 1975 on YouTube of Prep Quizbowl, also from NO.

scquizbowl wrote:The Granite State Challenge, which is done by New Hampshire Public TV, is a show in its 26th year, with 32 out of 83 high schools competing. It is a well put-together show, done by veteran host.

The actual quizbowl in it is AWFUL, though.

Greg PetersonNorthwestern University '18 (co-in-charge in 2017-18)Lawrence University '11Maine South HS '07

scquizbowl wrote:The Granite State Challenge, which is done by New Hampshire Public TV, is a show in its 26th year, with 32 out of 83 high schools competing. It is a well put-together show, done by veteran host.

The actual quizbowl in it is AWFUL, though.

Same is true for every single one of these videos, from what I've seen.

scquizbowl wrote:The Granite State Challenge, which is done by New Hampshire Public TV, is a show in its 26th year, with 32 out of 83 high schools competing. It is a well put-together show, done by veteran host.

The actual quizbowl in it is AWFUL, though.

Generally speaking, TV quizbowl usually is.

Steven WellsteadFisher Catholic High School '07Case Western Reserve University '11NAQT writer

Here is a video of the latest QuizBusters game. The show is on WKAR in Lansing, MI, and includes Hillsdale vs. Pottersville. It is widely thought of as one of the best TV quiz shows out there, and is hosted by Matt Ottinger.

Here is a team in Wisconsin, Tremper (same nickname as us), on a televised quiz bowl. They act like wise guys, as it says in the title, and includes some of the worst questions ever. What is the biggest problem facing Wisconsin's crime lab?

scquizbowl wrote: .... some of the worst questions ever. What is the biggest problem facing Wisconsin's crime lab?

HEY! They stole our middle school distribution! Seriously I am taking the Mark Twain and Helium toss-ups and asking them at tomorrow's practice. I'll get back to you on how long the buzz-ins take...RE The crime lab question: I love how they ask for him to be more specific, he restates his answer using different words, and they accept it!

So THIS is why we don't play Wisconsin schools in middle school quizbowl...I see....

And also, with the smug host (Richard Walasek), with the Wisconsin accent ("dubbed the Alex Trebek of Kenosha"), the boy that puts his head down while answering (getting the question right!), and other funnies, this is one of the best videos I have posted.

We were sick of all the stupid egoists in the competition, so we decided to just make fun of the thing. We were banned from saying anything but our names for the next round, which was even more hilarious.

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We were sick of all the stupid egoists in the competition, so we decided to just make fun of the thing. We were banned from saying anything but our names for the next round, which was even more hilarious.

I have an interesting anecdote to tell about something similar from PAC. At the 2007 PAC finals, we were told to say something to test that both of our microphones worked. So we're team 4, and Greg Peterson says "Two peanuts walked into a bar, and one of them was a-salted," to which I reply (as the other half of the mic check) "Yeah, what he said." Then Dees, as part of team 6, says "Greg, that was a terrible joke."

Needless to say, the next year, during the mic check, we were instructed to say only our names.

This may be one of my favorite things ever posted on this forum. Just everything about this is perfect: the droning principal, the use of Tina Turner, whatever award the school received, the unnecessarily perky teacher leading the "happy birthday"... this video couldn't be better if it were staged.

Unionville, West Chester East and Devon Prep will advance to the championship match on March 18 beginning at 7 p.m. at the Chester County Intermediate Unit. The winner of this match will represent Chester County in the PA Academic Competition in Harrisburg on April 24.

The championship match will also take place on March 18 for the Junior Varsity teams. Competing in this match will be Devon Prep, Unionville, and Downingtown East.

The championship matches can be seen through live streaming on the CCIU television network (http://ccitv.cciu.org) on March 18 beginning at 7 p.m.

This year's state championship will be in a couple of weeks. It will be aired the following Saturday, and should be online soon.

Edit:After watching this, I've determined that this would make a good drinking game.Have a drink any time:An incorrect answer is given by the moderator as the correct answer (I'm looking at you, math questions)The same word is an answer to two questions in the same round (bonus if the word is the answer to both the tossup and the bonus answer for that tossup, as happened in one of the matches I assisted with in regional play)Two nearly-identical questions are asked in successive rounds (I don't think this happened here, but I've heard it happen in regional play)Two teams blankly stare at the moderatorAn incorrect answer is given (note: do not attempt to do this during the lightning round, when teams are encouraged just to shout out answers)

Unionville, West Chester East and Devon Prep will advance to the championship match on March 18 beginning at 7 p.m. at the Chester County Intermediate Unit. The winner of this match will represent Chester County in the PA Academic Competition in Harrisburg on April 24.

The championship match will also take place on March 18 for the Junior Varsity teams. Competing in this match will be Devon Prep, Unionville, and Downingtown East.

The championship matches can be seen through live streaming on the CCIU television network (http://ccitv.cciu.org) on March 18 beginning at 7 p.m.

Hrmm, the stream doesn't appear to be working for me. Anyone else having better luck?